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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoWait. For real? They had so much bacteria on their hands that they smelled of the dead, and they were going right into surgery with live humans? Damn, surgery must have been a death sentence back then.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoNot just surgery, but they were also working in labor and delivery, so they were getting all that on mothers and their newborn babies.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoThey were practicing surgery on cadavers between deliveries. Gotta keep your skills up during your stint in maternity
Wait. For real? They had so much bacteria on their hands that they smelled of the dead, and they were going right into surgery with live humans? Damn, surgery must have been a death sentence back then.
Not just surgery, but they were also working in labor and delivery, so they were getting all that on mothers and their newborn babies.
They were practicing surgery on cadavers between deliveries. Gotta keep your skills up during your stint in maternity